The Russian Defence ministry on Monday said that it has evidence that the missile which took down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 belonged to Kiev.

The ministry presented what it said were registry books, indicating that the missile with the number discovered by the Joint Investigation Team was transferred to the territory of Ukrainian Soviet Republic in Dec 1986 and has never left the country since.

The Russian Defence ministry on Monday said that it has evidence that the missile which took down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 belonged to Kiev.

The ministry presented what it said were registry books, indicating that the missile with the number discovered by the Joint Investigation Team was transferred to the territory of Ukrainian Soviet Republic in Dec 1986 and has never left the country since.